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Estádio Espinheiros
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Pedrão Tasso started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute Pedrão Tasso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramiro do Nascimento saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Falcão Capixaba kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Denílson Soeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laerte Marques in the 7th minute of the match. Denílson Soeiro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Laerte Marques's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Pedrão Tasso dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ramiro do Nascimento, 1-0. Diego Dias hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Denílson Soeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laerte Marques, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edgard Motta in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ramiro do Nascimento prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Denílson Soeiro came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Independente Brasil's Nildo Silva. But to his dismay, Nildo Silva quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. A collision led to Campos do Jordão getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Diego Dias hit a great ball. Ramiro do Nascimento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedrão Tasso in the 27th minute of play. Ramiro do Nascimento made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgard Motta in the 30th minute. Falcão Capixaba was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 32 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute there was a penalty for Independente Brasil. Tomé Maciel stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Denílson Soeiro. 1-2. Denílson Soeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nildo Silva in the 37th minute of play. Ramiro do Nascimento didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sandro Dias went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 41st match minute, Independente Brasil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Varela to maneuver through the defense. Edgard Motta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Ramiro do Nascimento made a huge save. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by Independente Brasil's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Telmo Mesquita was slow to take the kick. During this time Campos do Jordão's players had a chance to rest. At last the ball reached Edgard Motta at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Independente Brasil. 3-2. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nildo Silva stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Sandro Dias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Ramiro do Nascimento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nildo Silva scored 3-3 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Denílson Soeiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 60th minute, Tomé Maciel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Independente Brasil fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. After 66 played minutes Campos do Jordão got a freekick which was hit by Olívio Travassos. In the 72nd minute Nildo Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denílson Soeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, Campos do Jordão's goal looked a bit too open when Nildo Silva came free, but Denílson Soeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute, Fiori Schmidt got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Sandro Dias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Campos do Jordão's supporters rose to their feet, but Sandro Dias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ramiro do Nascimento breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Laerte Marques succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-5 in the 80th playminute. Edgard Motta kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Tomé Maciel notched a goal, 3-6, to the right of Campos do Jordão's Denílson Soeiro. Denílson Soeiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ramiro do Nascimento took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sandro Dias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Independente Brasil players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.